Animal Evolutionary Ecology

2012 we are involved in the following Projects

Curriculum Evolutionsbiologie (VolkswagenFoundation)

News

02 May 2012

New publication

Gassner, P., D. Sprenger & N. Anthes (2012): Red Sea butterflyfish responds to changing coral cover. Biodiv. Science 6 (Apr 2012).

08 Mar 2012

New publication

Schulte, R.D., B. Hasert, C. Makus, N.K. Michiels, H. Schulenburg (2012): Increased responsiveness in feeding behaviour of Caenorhabditis elegans after experimental coevolution with its microparasite Bacillus thuringiensis. Biol. Lett. 8:234-236

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03 Jan 2012

New publication

Lange, R., J. Beninde, V. Reichel, J. Werminghausen, T. Gerlach & N. Anthes (2012, in press): Copulation duration does not predict sperm transfer in a marine hermaphrodite. Animal Behaviour

10 Aug 2011

New publication

Rebecca D. Schulte, Carsten Makus, Barbara Hasert, Nico K. Michiels, and Hinrich Schulenburg (2011): Host-parasite local adaptation after experimental coevolution of Caenorhabditis elegans and its microparasite Bacillus thuringiensis. Proc R Soc B 278: 2832-2839.

 

01 Aug 2011

New publication

Dobler, R. & Kölliker, M., in press, Influence of weight asymmetry and kinship on siblicidal and cannibalistic behaviour in earwigs, Animal Behaviour

07 Jul 2011

New publication

Reinhardt, K., Naylor, R. & Siva-Jothy, M. T. (2011) Male mating rate is constrained by seminal fluid availability in bed bugs, Cimex lectularius. PLoS ONE 6:7e22082.

20 Apr 2011

New publication

Sprenger, D., R. Lange & N. Anthes (2011). Population density and group size effects on reproductive behavior in a simultaneous hermaphrodite. BMC Evol. Biol. 11: 107

10 Jan 2011

ESEB Congress 2011 - Registration and Abstract submission open.

05 Aug 2010

New publication

Anthes, N., P. David, D. Sprenger et al. (2010). Bateman Gradients in Hermaphrodites: An Extended Approach to Quantify Sexual Selection. The American Naturalist 176:249-263 [full text]

19 Apr 2010

New publication

Schleicherova D, Lorenzi MC, Sella G, Michiels NK (2010):
Gender expression and group size: a test in a hermaphroditic and a gonochoric congeneric species of Ophryotrocha (Polychaeta) J Exp Biol 213, 1586-1590 [full text]

06 Apr 2010

New publication

Schulte RD, Makus C, Hasert B, Michiels NK, Schulenburg H (2010) Multiple reciprocal adaptations and rapid genetic change upon experimental coevolution of an animal host and its microbial parasite. PNAS (online before print) [full text]

06 Apr 2010

New publication

Anthes, N. (2010): Mate choice and reproductive conflict in simultaneous hermaphrodites. In: P.M. Kappeler (ed) Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms. Springer Verlag, pp. 329-358.

15 Mar 2010

New publication

Siebeck, U. E., D. Sprenger et al. 2010. A Species of Reef Fish that Uses Ultraviolet Patterns for Covert Face Recognition. Current Biology 20:407-410. [full text]

19 Feb 2010

New publication


 

Velavan, T.P., et al. (2010): Detection of multiple infections by Monocystis strains in a single earthworm host using ribosomal internal transcribed spacer sequence variation. Parasitology 137: 45-51 [full text]

05 Feb 2010

New publication

Sprenger, D., et al. (2010): Sources of phenotypic variance in egg and larval traits in a marine invertebrate. Evolutionary Ecology 24: 185-194 [full text

01 Feb 2010

Updated information on SoSe 2010

22 Oct 2009

New website.

Our website moved again. Welcome to typo3. Report all mistakes you may find to Gregor.

22 Oct 2009

New Publication

Sánchez Navarro, Michiels, Köhler and D’Souza (2009): Differential expression of heat shock protein 70 in relation to stress type in the flatworm Schmidtea polychroa (link)

20 Oct 2009

New Publication

 

Häderer, Werminghausen et al. (2009): No effect of mate novelty on sexual motivation in the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrataFront. Zool. 6:23  (free full text)

14 Sep 2009

New Publication

 

 

D'Souza & Michiels (2009): Sex in Parthenogenetic Planarians: Phylogenetic Relic or Evolutionary Resurrection? In: Schön, Koen, van Dijk (eds): Lost Sex - The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis, Springer pp. 377-397 (link)

 

15 Jul 2009

New Publication

 

Michiels, Crowley, Anthes (2009): Accessory male investment can undermine the evolutionary stability of simultaneous hermaphroditism. Biol. Lett., in press. [FREE full text]

13 Jul 2009

DFG Reinhard Koselleck Project

 

The DFG awarded a 1 Million € risk project to Nico Michiels to study the function and mechanisms of red fluorescence in reef fish during the next 5 years. More to come.

24 Jun 2009

New Publication

 

Bedhomme et al. (2009): How does breeding system variation modulate sexual antagonism? Biol. Lett. in press (full text)

14 Apr 2009

New Publication

 

Sprenger et al. (2009b): Sources of phenotypic variance in egg and larval traits in a marine invertebrate. Evol. Ecol. in press (full text)

03 Apr 2009

Darwin Rocks! Video Released

 

Watch the vieo on www.darwinrocks.de

02.04.2009

New Publication

 

Sprenger et al. (2009a): The role of body size in early mating behavior in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, Chelidonura sandranaBehav. Eco. Sociobiol. 63: 953-958. (full text)

15 Feb 2009

New research project

 


 

German Science Foundation (DFG) has approved funding of a 3-year research project entitled "Evolutionary ecology of sexual reciprocity in a system with complex genitalia and traumatic injections". More info on our research pages.

22 Oct 2008

Launch of the new  website

 

This will be our new website. Welcom to Fiona!

16 Sep 2008

New Publication

 

Michiels et al. (2008): Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism? (BMC-Ecology, Volume 8)Open Access

09 Jun 2008

New Publication

 

Dennis Sprenger et al. (2008): Natural female mating rate maximizes hatchling size in a marine invertebrate. J. Animal Ecol. 77: 696-701. (full text)

19 Apr 2008

New Publication

 

 Schulenburg, Boehnisch (2008)  Diversification and adaptive sequence evolution of Caenorhabditis lysozymes (Nematoda: Rhabditidae). BMC-Evol. Biol.(full text)

10 Apr 2008

New Publication

 

Schulenburg et al. (2008) Specificity of the innate immune system and diversity of C-type lectin domain (CTLD) proteins in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Immunobiol. 213:237-250. (full text)

 

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